Development of the menopause symptom list: A factor analytic study of menopause associated symptoms

Women and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-69

  Perz, Janette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030770441     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v25n01_04     Document Type: Article

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